There are a number of key objectives we're working on.
First and foremost is to respond to the live mine threat
within the Black Sea region.
On top of that is working with Romanians
to build interoperability and tactics, training,
and procedures with our Romanian partners
to not only deal with the mine threat
but look at more contingency operations within the region.
Some of the most memorable experiences so far
have been the pouncer operations
that we've done with our Romanian partners.
Getting up inside the boomer helicopters,
jumping and conducting hoisting.
On this deployment, I am a clearance diving technician,
I can supervise the CABA diving
as well as conduct explosive ordnance disposal operations.
The best part of deployment for me so far
is putting those skills into use,
becoming more proficient as a group.
Our interactions with the Canadian and Romanian divers
were excellent throughout the two weeks of exercises.
It was a great opportunity for us to work as a team
and test our interoperability with other nations.
Two Remus AUVs, providing significant search capabilities,
were a notable strength for the Canadians during this exercise.
A large detachment.
This allowed us to work together,
particularly on search operations using AUVs.
Training and operating within this environment
is a huge benefit to the RCN and the Canadian Armed Forces.